THE BURIAL OF DECEASED SOLDIERS. – The manner in which the interment of
deceased soldiers is carried on in this vicinity is a disgrace, not only to
those concerned, but those having authority in such matters. We have it on the
authority of a gentleman, an officer of the army, who has visited Oakwood
Cemetery, that the coffins are often piled, in two and three deep, in one
excavation and thus covered up, of course rendering it out of the question for
an enquiring relative to recognize and reclaim a corpse.

Recently the gentleman above referred to passed the cemetery, and seeing the
brutal work going on, asked, “Is that the way Virginia disposes of the
soldiers of the Confederacy? Has she not got soil enough to furnish them each
with separate, distinct burials?” The man in charge replied: “Is it any of
your business? You attend to your own business, and I will attend to mine.”

Surely, the man who dies in defence of his country is entitled to an honoured
grave beneath its soil. If the authorities won’t look to the matter the
personal friends of the deceased should.

We understand that the burial of deceased soldiers is in the hands of a
parcel of German undertakers, instead of being vouchsafed to the respectable
undertakers of the city, who, from a regard for the cause, would discharge the
duty at least with decency and humanity.